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Eugenie Chan: CRACK THAT WHIP

You know you want to. You know you can. With a little nudge, a gentle push, and a little trickery, inspiration, and elbow grease along the way, you can finish that first draft by the time the holiday season rears its mighty head.

This 10-week workshop will work through the conception, execution, and completion of a first draft of a full-length play. In the first part of our course, well explore ways to uncover and create character, story, and text with a multitude of exercises that will play with event, memory, sound, rhythm, word, object, person, and more. Exercises will be tailored to the needs of the group and will be designed to help you establish the world of your play. In the second part, we will move to the nuts and bolts of furthering your plays world -- developing character, story, and the logic of your play. Our last weeks will be devoted to the exploration of structure, especially to uncovering the rules by which your play plays.

Expect to romp (metaphorically) in places dark and light, sacred and profane. In each session, you will be engaging in on-your-feet exercises, writing, listening and responding to each others work. You will also be asked to write at home each week.

Please come to the first class with 1-3 ideas of what youre thinking about writing. These do not have to be well-formed concepts. Shards are most welcome. Please also bring an object germane to one of these ideas, one of these shards.